My state just enacted a law that makes everyone... "gender neutral" and I think it's ******* retarded that it's a law. Just respect eachother without prejudice, how ******* hard is that?! apparently so hard it has to be made into a law. :/

Might have been more of a knee jerk reaction to some of the other reactions in the comments than to the content itself. I agree with the main comic's view that we should stop being dicks to each other and start being nice human beings. I don't agree with the comments below that claim people shouldn't be offended when people say offensive things in public to strangers because they were "just joking".

Somewhat on the same topic. I always dislike it when people take MAJOR offense to a joke because it's "Racist" or whatever.

The whole point of humor is to NOT take it seriously. I don't give a **** what the joke is about, or whether or not it touches on a subject I take seriously or not. Jokes are meant to make you laugh, regardless of the subject. If you find it offensive, or don't find it funny, just put up with it.

Sure, take offense if the person MEANS something they said. Or if they're ACTUALLY racist or sexist. But just because you joke about something, doesn't mean you are against or for it. I'll laugh at black jokes, WITH my black friends, and it wont mean I'm a racist.

If you are taking something that's not meant to be take seriously so damn seriously, you're clearly doing life wrong.

So, disregarding both Trayvon's race and Zim Zam's race...
I don't see why Zim Zam wasn't charged with anything. I understand he shot out of self defense, but isn't actually killing the kid a bit much? Wouldn't shooting the kid in the knee would have been enough?

I guess he thought Trayvon felt the gun during the struggle. I thought that too, but I guess Zimmerman said during court that it was either Trayvon or himself, someone was gonna use the gun. Might be true, might not, but I'm okay with it.

Why do people say stuff like this? You have a huge artery behind your knee. Shooting him in the knee isn't a big improvement over shooting him in the chest. There's basically no place to aim that can't be fatal. You can try shooting people in the feet or hands, but that too can be fatal.

As far as Zimmerman, he could have shot at Martin's knee, but I'm not sure that would have been any better for Martin than aiming at his chest, and if he did try and fire at Martin's knee, he may have shot himself.

Not necessarily...It'd be more accurate to say racism and sexism would go away if people would drop all pre-conceived notions about race and sexuality that were spoon fed to them at birth, in addition to not judging people based off of those things. Even a person with nothing but good intentions can hold harmful assumptions because they're considered "truths." But since that won't happen, we have to talk about it.

Or maybe it's all context? The first one in my opinion doesn't mention race at all, therefore it's not racist. In the second situation, both statements are gross generalizations but they aren't specifically offensive enough to be called sexist.

TL;DR it's more complex than this post makes it seem, but the overall idea is one i can agree with.